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Saints Francis and Mark

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Two saints stand on a fantastically cusped stone plinth in front of a rose hedge. They are Francis and Mark, identified by their attributes – the symbols with which they are traditionally associated – and by the inscriptions in the front of the plinth. Mark, one of the four authors of the Gospels, holds a copy of his Gospel, while Francis is dressed in a brown habit and holds a crucifix.

They were once the right wing of a triptych (an altarpiece in three parts) painted in Venice in the 1440s by Antonio Vivarini and his brother-in-law and partner Giovanni d'Alemagna.

The altarpiece originally stood in the church of Saint Moisé in Venice, and the saints on it would have been chosen by its patrons. Saint Mark was the patron saint of Venice; Saint Francis, founder of the Franciscan Order, was hugely popular in the fifteenth century.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Saints Francis and Mark

Date

about 1440-6

Medium

Tempera on wood

Measurements

H 135.3 x W 45.1 cm

Accession number

NG1284

Acquisition method

Bought, 1889

Work type

Painting

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